Its mission is to support artistic expression and its enjoyment through grantmaking aimed at the sustainability of high-quality San Francisco Bay Area organizations and to achieve this through the following broad objectives:
- Stimulating increased access to and participation in the arts
- Increasing exposure to and understanding of diverse cultural expressions
- Enhancing opportunities for creative expression for both artists and audiences
- Promoting long-term organizational health
In order to reach these objectives, the Performing Arts Program has a strategy that includes:
- Long-term investment through ongoing, multiyear operating support with the shared goal of artistic/programmatic vitality and organizational health
- Use of mutually agreed upon, individually tailored incentives, when needed, to leverage organizational change such as endowment, capital, cash reserve, and challenge grants to enhance the stability of arts organizations
- Addressing the challenges and opportunities that a fluctuating, highly competitive Bay Area real estate market has created for arts organizations that need affordable administrative, rehearsal, and performance space
- Leadership role and participation in regional or national initiatives that affect Bay Area arts organizations and the field
- Research and promulgation of field-wide best practices
Announcements:
2008 San Francisco Bay Area Arts Town Hall: Program-at-a-Glance
Monday, June 9, 2008
12:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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New Tools for California’s Cultural Organizations:
The California Cultural Data Project Has Arrived
We are pleased to announce the January 4, 2008 launch of the California Cultural Data Project (California CDP). This project is the most ambitious and comprehensive effort ever to gather and analyze information about the contributions of the cultural sector to California's economy and quality of life. During the coming year, applicants to many California grant programs, including the Hewlett Foundation, will be asked to participate in the California CDP.
The Cultural Data Project gives arts organizations a standardized application process that over time will enable them to track and analyze their financial and organizational data and compare the information with that of their peers.
Get started with the California CDP - visit the Web site at http://www.caculturaldata.org/ today, call 866-922-5237, or email help@caculturaldata.org. Create an account by clicking on New User Registration. Review the online training and start your profile. |
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